Mayflower
The
MayflowerMayflower was an English ship that famously transported the first
English Puritans, known today as the Pilgrims, from Plymouth, England
to the
New WorldNew World in 1620.[1] There were 102 passengers, and the crew
is estimated to have been about 30, but the exact number is
unknown.[2] This voyage has become a cultural icon in the history of
the United States, with its story of death and survival in the harsh
New EnglandNew England winter environment
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Edward Fuller (Mayflower Passenger)
Edward Fuller (1575 – winter of 1620/21) was a passenger on the
historic 1620 voyage of the ship Mayflower. He was a signatory to the
MayflowerMayflower Compact and perished with his wife soon after the passengers
came ashore to their new settlement at Plymouth.[1][self-published
source]Contents1 Biography1.1 Early life
1.2 Life in Leiden
1.3 The Voyage to the New World
1.4 In
PlymouthPlymouth Colony
1.5 Death and burial2 Family
3 Notable Descendants
4 ReferencesBiography[edit]
Early life[edit]
Fuller was baptised at Redenhall, County Norfolk, England, on 4
September 1575.[2] He and his brother Samuel Fuller (c
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Oceanus Hopkins
Oceanus Hopkins (1620—c.1626) was the only child born on the
Mayflower[1] during its historic voyage which brought the English
Pilgrims to America. A boy, Peregrine White, was born on board, after
arriving in America, as the ship lay at anchor.
Oceanus was born to Stephen Hopkins and his wife, Elizabeth Hopkins
(née Fisher),[2] sometime between the boarding and arrival dates of
September 6 and November 9, 1620. He died at about age six, certainly
before the 1627 Division of Land.[3] The location of his grave is
unknown.
He was named 'Oceanus', Latin for 'ocean', because he was born on the
Atlantic Ocean.[4]
References[edit]^ "Oceanus Hopkins". MayflowerHistory.com. MayflowerHistory.com.
Retrieved 12 July 2016.
^ "Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild". ISTG. ISTG™Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild LLC. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
^ Rod Gragg, The Pilgrim Chronicles: An Eyewitness History of the
Pilgrims and the Founding of Plymouth Colony, 2014,
ISBN 1621572692, p
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English People
The English are a nation and an ethnic group native to
EnglandEngland who
speak the English language. The English identity is of early medieval
origin, when they were known in
Old EnglishOld English as the Angelcynn ("family
of the Angles"). Their ethnonym is derived from the Angles, one of the
Germanic peoplesGermanic peoples who migrated to
Great BritainGreat Britain around the 5th century
AD.[7]
EnglandEngland is one of the countries of the United Kingdom, and the
majority of people living there are British citizens.
Historically, the English population is descended from several peoples
— the earlier Celtic Britons (or Brythons) and the Germanic tribes
that settled in Britain following the withdrawal of the Romans,
including Angles, Saxons,
JutesJutes and Frisians
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Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony)
The Pilgrims or
PilgrimPilgrim Fathers were early European settlers of the
Plymouth ColonyPlymouth Colony in present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.
The Pilgrims' leadership came from the religious congregations of
Brownist separatist
PuritansPuritans who had fled the volatile political
environment in
EnglandEngland for the relative calm and tolerance of
17th-century
HollandHolland in the Netherlands. They held
PuritanPuritan Calvinist
religious beliefs but, unlike other Puritans, they maintained that
their congregations needed to be separated from the English state
church. They were also concerned that they might lose their English
cultural identity if they remained in the Netherlands, so they
arranged with English investors to establish a new colony in North
America
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Americas
Largest metropolitan areas
Largest citiesList1.São Paulo
2.Lima
3.
MexicoMexico City
4.New York City
5.Bogotá
6.Rio de Janeiro
7.Santiago
8.Los Angeles
9.Caracas
10.Buenos AiresCIA political map of the
AmericasAmericas in Lambert azimuthal equal-area
projectionThe
AmericasAmericas (also collectively called America)[5][6][7] comprise the
totality of the continents of North and South America.[8][9][10]
Together, they make up most of the land in Earth's western
hemisphere[11][12][13][14][15][16] and comprise the New World.
Along with their associated islands, they cover 8% of Earth's total
surface area and 28.4% of its land area. The topography is dominated
by the American Cordillera, a long chain of mountains that runs the
length of the west coast. The flatter eastern side of the
AmericasAmericas is
dominated by large river basins, such as the Amazon, St
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International Standard Book Number
"ISBN" redirects here. For other uses, see ISBN (other).International Standard
BookBook NumberA 13-digit ISBN, 978-3-16-148410-0, as represented by an EAN-13 bar
codeAcronym
ISBNIntroduced
1970; 48 years ago (1970)Managing organisation
International ISBN AgencyNo. of digits
13 (formerly 10)Check digit
Weighted sumExample
978-3-16-148410-0Website
www.isbn-international.orgThe International Standard
BookBook Number (ISBN) is a unique[a][b]
numeric commercial book identifier. Publishers purchase ISBNs from an
affiliate of the International ISBN Agency.[1]
An ISBN is assigned to each edition and variation (except reprintings)
of a book. For example, an e-book, a paperback and a hardcover edition
of the same book would each have a different ISBN. The ISBN is 13
digits long if assigned on or after 1 January 2007, and 10 digits long
if assigned before 2007
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Plymouth ColonyPlymouthPlymouth Colony (sometimes New Plymouth) was an English colonial
venture in
North AmericaNorth America from 1620 to 1691. The first settlement of
the
PlymouthPlymouth Colony was at New Plymouth, a location previously
surveyed and named by Captain John Smith. The settlement served as the
capital of the colony and developed as the modern town of Plymouth,
Massachusetts. At its height,
PlymouthPlymouth Colony occupied most of the
southeastern portion of the modern state of Massachusetts.
PlymouthPlymouth Colony was founded by a group of Puritan Separatists
initially known as the
Brownist Emigration, who came to be known as
the Pilgrims
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FASG
Fellow of the
American Society of Genealogists (FASG) is an
independent society of fellows reflecting the master class of
genealogists within the United States of America. There are only fifty
(50) lifetime FASG members within the American Society of Genealogists
(ASG).[1]
Fellows have the post-nominal initials FASG following their surnames.
Fellows embody and promote the highest standards of genealogical
scholarship.[1]Contents1 History
2 Criteria for nomination
3 References
4 External linksHistory[edit]
At the time of the ASG founding, there was no certification process or
standard for competent genealogists. The American Society of
Genealogists (ASG) founded in 1940 created a method to honor
significant achievement in the genealogical field by 1944
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The Mayflower Society
The General Society of
MayflowerMayflower Descendants — commonly called the
MayflowerMayflower Society — is a hereditary organization of individuals who
have documented their descent from one or more of the 102 passengers
who arrived on the
MayflowerMayflower in 1620 at what is now Plymouth,
Massachusetts. The Society was founded at Plymouth in 1897.Contents1 Organization
2 Museum
3 Notes
4 See also
5 External linksOrganization[edit]
A primary goal of the Society is to educate the public about the role
of the Pilgrims in the early history of what would later become the
United StatesUnited States of America
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Samuel Fuller (Mayflower Physician)
Samuel Fuller (born c.1580/1 – died in plymouth between August 9 and
September 26, 1633)[1] He was a passenger on the historic 1620 voyage
of the Pilgrim ship
MayflowerMayflower and became a respected church deacon and
the physician for
PlymouthPlymouth Colony.[2]Contents1 English Origins
2 Life in Holland
3 Organizing of the voyage
4
MayflowerMayflower Voyage
5 Life in
PlymouthPlymouth Colony
6 Family
7 Samuel Fuller's Will, Death and Burial
8 Servant traveling in company with Samuel Fuller on the Mayflower
9 References
10 Further readingEnglish Origins[edit]
He was baptized on January 20, 1580 at Redenhall, co. Norfolk,
England.[1] Samuel was a son of Robert Fuller, a butcher, and his
first wife Sarah Dunthorne. She was buried there on July 1, 1584
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William White (Mayflower Passenger)
William White (c.1580 – February 21, 1621) was a passenger on
the Mayflower. Accompanied by his wife Susanna, son Resolved and two
servants, he travelled in 1620 on the historic voyage. He was a
signatory to the
MayflowerMayflower Compact and perished early in the history
of
PlymouthPlymouth Colony.[1][2][3][4]Contents1 English origins
2 The
MayflowerMayflower Voyage
3 In
PlymouthPlymouth Colony
4 Family of William White and Susanna
5 Death of William White
6 Servants traveling with White family
7 ReferencesEnglish origins[edit]
William White has been a difficult person to research, largely because
of the commonness of his name in England. Per author Edward Banks, his
surname was one of the dozen most common names in
EnglandEngland and his
baptismal name one of the four most frequently bestowed in that
period, making genealogical research difficult
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Elizabeth HopkinsElizabeth Hopkins (born likely circa 1585 in England, died between
1638 and 1644 at Plymouth) was a passenger on the Mayflower.[1] The
first Thanksgiving feast was cooked by her and the other three adult
Pilgrim women who also survived their first winter in the New World
(Eleanor Billington, Mary Brewster, and Susanna White), along with
young daughters and male and female servants.[2][3]
Elizabeth Hopkins was possibly the second wife of Stephen Hopkins,
whom she married on 19 February 1617/8 at St
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